Lettering tattoo ideas

3,720 photos and flash · 59% Lettering, 22% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Black script lettering reading live the life you love arranged in an infinity loop, shown as a design, on temporary transfers and as a small tattoo on skin.
Live the life you love infinity lettering
Black script lettering on a forearm reads I am not afraid, I was born to do this, with a skull bracelet on the wrist and ripped denim behind it.
Script quote on a forearm
Black ink lettering reading Nosce te ipsum in a joined script style, running diagonally across a forearm.
Latin lettering across a forearm
Black and white photo of a woman with her hair in a bun, showing a small vertical Roman numeral lettering tattoo on the upper back below the neck.
Vertical Roman numerals on upper back
Black ink drawing of an ornate calligraphic letter with floral and leaf filling and stippled dotwork outlines, shown on white paper beside a quartz cluster and a fine liner pen.
Ornate floral lettering design in fine ink
Black and grey fine script lettering in several lines on the side ribs of a person in black underwear, sitting outdoors on a grey towel.
Small script tattoo on the side ribs
Pen drawing of flowing script lettering with looped capitals and long swashes on a pale paper background, a lettering design for a possible tattoo.
Flowing script lettering on paper
Black script lettering reading 'those cunning folk' in a fine line lettering style across the side of the ribs.
Those cunning folk script on side ribs
Collage of four fine line travel tattoos: a world map across a upper back, a Wander Lost banner on a forearm, a small airplane on a back, and a compass rose on a wrist.
Collage of four travel tattoos
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo of the word unless on the side of the body, above a dark garment.
Fine line script word tattoo reading unless
Pale pink handwritten script reading Aries on a coral background, a lettering design with no skin or body part visible.
Aries handwritten script lettering
Black script lettering tattoo across the upper back of a woman with long wavy hair, wearing a black lace top and grey beanie.
Script tattoo across upper back
Hand-drawn flash design of a crosshatched ribbon banner wrapping vertically, with the lettering 'You are what you love not who loves you' in black on a purple background.
Ribbon banner with 'You are what you love' lettering
Two legs covered in black and grey tattoos including roses, a crown and script lettering, with the thigh and calf visible.
Multiple black and grey tattoos on both legs
Black and white photo of a man in a striped shirt and tie, with black linework and script tattoos on both forearms.
Forearm tattoos with script lettering
Black and grey fine line tattoo of vertical lettering running down a calf, with a small line drawing of a reclining figure across the top of the foot.
Vertical text and reclining figure on leg
Black and grey lettering tattoo spelling Coexist across the upper back, with each letter replaced by a religious or science symbol.
Coexist lettering across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing torn skin that reveals a stone-like surface inscribed with words such as loyalty, integrity and compassion.
Torn skin revealing virtue words on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a world map outline with the word ADVENTURE and an arrow beneath it, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
World map and adventure lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'bold as love' on the upper arm, seen from behind in soft natural light.
Bold as love lettering on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a bold black crown, script lettering and a red flower with green leaves.
Crown, script and red flower on a forearm
Two matching black infinity symbol tattoos on the inner wrists, each with fine script reading love you most and love you more and a small red heart.
Matching infinity wrist tattoos
Woman seen from behind in a gym with a small fine line script tattoo of a short phrase on her upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Black and grey script lettering reading Always remember who you are runs along the inner forearm in a monochrome photo.
Script quote along a forearm
Two bare feet with colour tattoos of scales of justice on the left foot and a sugar skull on the right, with lettering reading Tread Lightly across the tops and Heisenberg along the soles.
Scales and sugar skull on both feet
Flash sheet of black script lettering tattoo designs with ornate flourishes, including New York City and Happy Times Sad Times, on a cream background.
Script lettering flash sheet with flourishes
Black ink lettering tattoo on the inner wrist showing a semicolon beside the words 'You Are The Author' in mixed script fonts.
Semicolon and 'You Are The Author' on a wrist
Black script tattoo reading Allons-y on the top of a foot near the ankle, with blue bow flats and dark jeans visible.
Allons-y script tattoo on the foot
Grey flourished script reading faith above smaller pink lettering that reads is things which are hoped for and not seen, shown as a design on a plain white background.
Faith script lettering design
Black and grey compass rose tattoo on a forearm, framed by the words 'Create your own path' in a curved lettering style.
Compass rose with 'Create your own path' on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a woman's upper back, showing a profile silhouette with a ship inside it, surrounded by looping script.
Profile silhouette and script on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the upper arm showing two figures with bird skulls for heads, with the words NEVER TRUST THE LIVING between them.
Two bird-skulled figures with Never Trust the Living
Black and grey tattoo of a crown and anchor wrapped in rope, with the script words My King above and My Anchor below, on a person's side.
Crown and anchor with script lettering
Close view of the back of a neck with the word Resilience in black fine line script tattoo lettering at the base of the neck, below dark hair.
Resilience script tattoo on the nape
Black outline starburst tattoo reading BAZINGA in bold lettering, placed on the upper arm near the shoulder.
BAZINGA starburst tattoo on shoulder
Four panels show black lettering tattoos in script and ornate scrollwork: Spanish text on a wrist, a shoulder blade and a finger, plus a line on the lower back.
Spanish script tattoos on wrist, back and finger
Close-up of a tattoo on skin showing a purple awareness ribbon beside black script reading With pain comes Strength.
Purple awareness ribbon with script quote
Close view of a fine line black script lettering tattoo running along a woman's raised forearm, with a white dress printed with cartoon figures behind it.
Script lettering tattoo on a forearm
Pencil sketch flash design of a Mad Hatter top hat with a pocket watch, roses, cake and the words We're all mad here, in a neo-traditional style.
We're all mad here Mad Hatter design
Circular flash design of two clasped hands and two small hearts inside a red and cream ring of lettering, on a dark navy background.
Clasped hands in a circular lettering ring
Fine line lettering design reading WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the I, on a plain white background.
WARR;OR lettering design
Black script lettering reading Walk by Faith with a small cross, tattooed on the side of a foot near the arch.
Walk by Faith script on the foot
Fine line black script lettering with two small swallows in flight on the forearm.
Script lettering and two swallows on forearm
Black fine line script tattoos on a forearm: an infinity symbol with three small birds and a name above Roman numerals, and a larger Carpe Diem lettering piece with Roman numerals below.
Infinity, name and Carpe Diem script on forearm
Black lettering tattoo in a non-Latin script running vertically down the forearm.
Vertical non-Latin script on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Carpe Diem with three small bird silhouettes, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Carpe Diem script with birds on upper back
Colour realism tattoo on the ribs showing a portrait in mirrored sunglasses with a cigarette, red Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas lettering and black bats.
Fear and Loathing portrait on the ribs
Black hand-lettered script reading The struggle is part of the story on a pale pink background, a Lettering design for a tattoo.
Script lettering: The struggle is part of the story